Machine for trimming string-beans and other articles.



WfB. PHINNEYV MACHINE FOR TRIMMING STRING BEANS. AND OTHER ARTICLES. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1907.

1,098,398 Patentd June 2, 1914.

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65.65% r I ja'mi w W. B. PHINNEY. MACHINE FOR TRIMMING STRING BEANS AND OTHER ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1907.

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W. B. PHINNBY. MACHINE FOR TRIMMING STRING BEANS .ANDOTHER ARTICLES. APPLICATION FILED NOY.16. 1907.

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Parent onerous- OE WESTLIELD, NEW YORK, lASSIGN OR; BY ASSIGN- ENG C(JMEANY, OF CHILLICOTHE, $11110, A

FIAEHINIE? FOR 'JFBIIWIMING STRING--BEANS AND OTHER ARTICLES.

(ZZZ e1 1 om 1 may com-cm Be known that I, vs' ILL-IAM l3. FBHINNEi; a citizen of the T? ted States, residing at V held, in the count of Chautauqua and 1 of New Yo k intent-ed a new In elnent in h'laeliines for iinining 'Stri --Beans and other Articles, of which the following is specification.

his intention relates to a machine for trimmln or cutting off opposite ends or tins of string beans and other articles preparatory to cooking or canning the same and has the Oi;- '-;'3lto produce a npachine whereby this operation effected automatioully, expeditiously, economically, reliably and in a sanitary manner,

All important object. of niy invention is to provide n'ieel'ian'isin to .i'eceive 'in bulk .hi e quantities of string beans orsimilar 4 isles, comprising individuals of various lengths and.thi\'tl-:ness. and-which (litter also in Cl l'*3-3S and kinds of crookedness'or denurture from. t general longitudinal axis oft their bodies, no mechanism to treat these isles respeetively at a predetermined re- )8 of each, as, for example to remove the 2 and stem which terminate the respective ends of? each bean. These tips and sins are tough and inedible; and preparing the beans for canning it has toznary heron-tore to remove them mind a slow unsa. ltary and laborious by operation which packers have long deemed to 1k date by automatic trimming .Inachin ory, out no machine is in existence for this purpose so far l L .1. ill) f t am aware. s and tips vary considerably in int indi .idual beans so that ing in its'norinal inert a calling strtdze gz ied to .rei'nove I the tough portion to remove all of it n the average, while stem or tip hap'g ienedto be unusuall the body would be re ion involving the removal and-*vhste of a Considerable portion of the edible flesh of the bean with the snip. liie'hlv nortant, therefore, to pro L other short ships "n t e "y of the bean m, t etnnie I l v Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented flesh, and thus avoid waste. "Aooordin 'v have devised shovel method of Ingsueh articles as beans for m; which method utilizes a natural pn 7 or propertyeharaeteristics of these be: and this may be nuclei-stood best-n perL. it the statement is made briefly that ev- Dean has region of comparative lieziibilu at each end which lies Within its tip or steiii respectii'ely substantially regardless of the length, breadth or contour of the bean, so that when the bean is pressed lengthwise against-a suitable abutment; the tip or stem the case may, be, will be bent over, and a gutter operating upon the beanat a given distanee from such abutment Will engage each bennso presented at approximatelv the same relative region of the fleshy por tion, and will sever therefrom a snip comprising the. fibrous tip or stem with only nun-h. of. the edible portion as may be permitted by the adjustment of the open device; suit-able apparatus end illOLL'Of operationi'ina be used to ai'ail of this property, and as a simple and convenient. means to carry the prinoiple into eiiect l may provide in ehanism to utilize gr as the g i s; for-so, ztfter introthe beans or in groups, to a arranged to tile in the direction of length of the beans so that the beans uni be permitted to slide down until their lo ends engage asuitable abutment a1 Weight oithe bean will flex its tip or stem, as'the case may be, and present the desired region of the bean. to the cutter which may operate adjacent the abutment, and. out olt the snip. I prefer to provide also for tilting the carrier thereafter oppositely Cause the beans to slide ".i revere direction uni their other ends respectively another abutment, and are there triinmed after wh ch the body portions and snips may be discharged suitable means-being;

provided preferably for their final delivery Another iinportant'objeot of my invention to provide for uniformity in treatment of the beans in quantity and for constant inspection of the beans before and after their i rative treatment, and this may be aecoinnlisbed advantageously if the operating mechanism, as for example a cutter, be ar ranged a fixed point in the; apparatus, and

means provided to carry the beans sight;

and in substantially continuous staid-cs past the cutter, to be trimmed thereby, and 'as it is desirable forthe sake of accuracy in treat ment to pre-arran'ge the beans-so 'thatthey, will be amenable to the positionin vforce I prefer to provide means to divide he beans into groups each containing a few beans, and to present thesie groups "in as close succession as. possible for the simultaneousaction of the cutternpon the individual bean composing .each'such group. This may be accomplished in any suitable fashion, and as .oneconvenient l; of apparatus 1 may-use an'e'ndless con yer W ng buckets open,: in part at "stop, and each ofa size capable lGiLSt ng several-beans of different length,"

of rest l Width and contour, and loosely enough to approximate parallelism Within-the buckets:

permit the beansjt'o arrange-themselves in Thesebuckets are preferably. mounted trans versely' upon the conveyer and may beconstructed' and arranged to tilt and thus cause the beans in every bucketin-succession toshde first toward onev end of their bucket and then toward the other end, the buckets being of such cross-section as to facilitate this rearrangement of the beans, by gravityin the instance described, first to bring all;

the neighboring tips a nd stems at one end.

of the. group indiscriminately adjacent to theebutment at the corresponding end of 4 their buckets, and then. to ,bringfall the neighboring tips and stems at the otherend of the group adjacent to the abutment at the other end of their bucket, the roe-arrange me'nt being eiiecte'd regardless of size and otherfdifierences. in the beans; such as the pronounced curvature" characteristic of a considerable proportion of" beans. 0 This curvature tends tocause the'beans to become hooked together when in "bulk, and the difference, 1n. size aggravates th1s tendency somewhat owing to the cross-arrangement 'of-the smaller beans withinlthe spaces be tween the larger beans, For this reason it-- 15 desirable to use bucket-s either of a size appropriate toreceivebeans ranging-in which beans are sometimes passed. after trimming by hand, as customary prior ,to my invention It is howe'rer desirable to arrange the beans in approximately their final parallelrelation and grouping prior to their introduction to the buckets of the main conveyor, and this can be accomplished by v any Silltflblfl means, of; which one earl-- venient form I may embody 1n the. mechanism an endless bucket conveyor size to transfer to a corresponding l buckets and to iositionthe same and .l a

imp ortanee accompanying drawings and 'speciiix and pointed out in the claims.

Fig. showing one of the eccentrics for a 9 and 10. are fragmentary l b10118 oi: the frontandmear l.

spending parts throughout t .the'upperffront part c th' vranged the feed be); or elpply h. lIlllO whlohthestring bee rear end by means of an endies rearpart-oi': tlfe hopper side walls a it ning" upward past the outlet of the a: a hopper, each bucket serving in turn to gage and remove'from-the Tinass of boat many as may constit'uteagrdup of en or buckets on the main conveyein l .to providealso means to act upon any which, may not lie properly withii v cm of the various forms of device suitaibha for this purpose I find that a brush owing backward over the edges of the but; acts as a satisfactory embodiment ofthis ft of my invent-ion, which is of cons dras misplaced beans n' gathered up by handwvith resultant it time even ii". they are not soiled or lated and so wasted v The various features of myinvcnti be illustrated and described fully In the accompanying drawings oi of 4- sheets: Figure l is a sidcelev my string bean trimming or sni chine. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of which controls the position of the pea of the-bean carrier. Fi 311s atopplan view of the machine. ig. dis a inentary longitudinal section in line A? crating the shaker: Fig. 5 is an elei of the machine viewed from the delivt y rear endr Fig. dis a fragmentary ere: tion, on an enlarged scale,fin line (5 i Fig; 7 is a top plan view trees: 8 is a fragmentary vertical longitut time of thefeed end of the mac carrier and adjacent part-s Similar letters of rcterenc A represents the main chine which may be struction to prtniierl Working parts of the. n

vator belt C passing at its upper r a supporting Wheel a secured t transverse shaft D mounted on, out

Elfin flu Owing t cmiuparativsly HZZTTU'W construclien @Ll? puck and 'lhei'csncsvs or m 1 dnmiwhrdly dished miho'n thereof the "beans are 0511mm s s:- mggge themselves in a "13 p0 llmn. ls'l 131 llm'pO kQlS 01 at mgm angles ms line Of movement of the cam hs'llf If any beans should be (ls liveiml Upon his 11 we)? sdges of the pocksls ,EJfll'l assume p m. obliquely lathe pod"; gsls lllli swine m had all the edges of the. aim hsllow theiofby means of 'mim-y ing brush M arranged above ths csric'isi' iii-mill" of the chule' and close to. lhspwthsl hs heall packets and rotating rib " c i f and pullsysmnf; n Wilbll shafi; Q1? and by. shell; 01 with 'lahe cam shaft g, as;

us M'sarried '1' l 'rwarrlly 3 ths is tea: are 'fiicshtiltetl lmc'bion, l as shown in s, 5, s0 jshst thsheans slide ml; aliwection am r0? "t with: nds heysml ":6 e'ssecll v s and. then she packets s spirasi'ls iliiection, as shswn; I H1 ll? 6 ,520 that the hesns i in the pockets JWKIIT El .lhe tsssml ,n(ls 0f; the same; and ssponding ends sf .the beans .11 their tlps sr butts 'beyon'cl will p n, sslis vi by the apposite amiss the c ts ptrsje c't lli'e Sim I he mulls-ls NYE mceived the beans ill mom 6 fill'l'lfi will, have been tI'lPpQ-dflflt" emll 8, whi h, as-shownm the 3 6 smil- 9 is tewzml the.

Loi: b it s'hsyoild ills rlf e'press ed left smls usanlha .9 sis projecting tips 01" butts ii; V a primary cutter which srlmtlzs from ths body of s 1111 "i all; Till leftcsn'isr' m. the rear T '7 v .1 All. like summer the fins opposite- I 1 '1 ends 'lihs 's Beyond the 17 1* Letmls 01' the psckels upon subsequently "lilting the same in th direction are cut oil by anol hsl" 01 s 'jf Cutter (l which is :3

I "v w M91: These slssles v "m isrsml pro i sci; with their mils-ms hes-n barrier 011s V l 'v ilpsn oppositeemls 0f the beans. ,liizich will these cutters 1'0- tsted. that it from siglesrnovs downm'ni'llgrsl'icl is mmiiiwil 01ml lll'ilIlSVlEISCv slmfit. 7O 0 jOlIll'IlEllQCl in :lv hzirin on the main. firzinm' and. slim v11 from the 11min. slmft by a, belt 0 and 0*, a. i

' The ti B l the lug-an pockets. in moving with the calms; hell; is prefemhly*elfectml by constructing the edges. of the side hoards 'OPNVZ'IllS 7s (fifths p'fojp er shape'so as to lknm cams, guide wziys' m rails Whichengi ge' im- .clernea'thopposite ends of thbsan packets. For this p11r )O;-;;@'-:l1@ upper edges of the side 0 75119 at the receiving; and of the shaking 1 mins m1 arrn wl'hmfilzontally in line, 'ssown :15; 31K idl whereby the htxm pockets W" i 1 m Opposite was his the C) we beans have heenlhus tlspos l in "the pockets and.-stmighteuecl. out blie hf; entls of the pochsts engage successively with an upwardly inclined (rain fflfifi; 0? m the right rail is which dimcls the s'mnel o m1 elevate l .hsirizontsl mm; 01? guide say go said. While hsspps; pockets sngsgs Ash :1. rlowii'wsnll inc face 2) on the left mill. is which direqtsthl stuns is s lspr ssed horizontal guide face or wsly 'p* on the elgs of'ssiill miL The GlQYZltQCl and depressed guide faces p 1 ml the shziiziijigfrunm 0c nus fri'earwzsi'a'lly u, siifiicienl; distance to re sin the bean packets in i the lIlCllllBCl pssition Wh .1 "they 211K} vcmised to assume hytheee guhle WQYS until the depressed left; sushi; 0 'thi-zs e packets have psssetl the pi-ii'i'uu'y UM- 01' trimming :lmifs; ll-1 Thar-s iley iihs lsp'mswd leftends 0f the bean pl Eng: gs "with an up" 'Wsrtlly extending Melina p on lhu upper edge of the left mil "which lifts the corresponding nds of "the bean pockets successively to a htliirrtonlal elevated guis a, has or "way 01). the esrrssponding rail of the shaking frame While the opposite enrls of the bean packets follwr a dowhw'ardly in.- clinm guide face p on the right mill which directs, his same is a hmrizsnl'nl depressed guiqle fake p on. the corresponding rail. The bean packets relzzincd in this pnsl lion law the guicls faces 2 9 p until the have )as l .the sec'ondary cutter or trimming .lmife O and the lat/ has reinovecl the tips 0:? butts from the beans which project be yshdths depressed light ends l'zhereo'h trimming operation Lil of each of the;-

.\ lax-s rails of the shaking frame which conduct these ends to the eliverv guide ways or faces of these rails which are horizontally in line and hold the pockets in this position while discharging the trimmed beans from the pockets at the rear end of the carrying belt. The pockets are retained in this horizontal position as they pass around the rear ends p" the lower horizontal edges and around the front ends 7) of the rails, the faces of the rails at these places being arranged horizontally in line for this purpose.

For limiting the distance or extent which the beans can project be ond the depressed ends of the pockets an cause them to be retained in a proper position for cuttin off the tips and butts thereof, the require extent as they pass the cutters, gaging or controlling means are provided which are constructed as follows: Q, represents a primary gage belt having its operative portion arran ed vertically adjacent to the outer side of t 1e primary cutter and extending lengthwise past the depressed left ends of the bean pockets from a point a considerable distance in advance of the cutter O to a point a short distance in rear of said cutter. This belt is supported at itsfront and rear ends by means of pulleys q, g which are secured to upright shafts g journaled on the main frame. Extencing from the front end of the primary age belt to the adjacent left side wall of tie chute and close to the adjacent ends of the bean pockets is a guard plate or board 1'. As the bean ockets are first. tilted toward the left after eing filled during their rearward movement the beans in sliding toward that end of the pockets strike the guard plate 7' and are prevented thereby from escaping from the pockets. After clearing the rear end of the uard plate the beans en agc their depresse left ends with the gage belt Q which latter moves forward with its operative portion at the same speed as the bean carrier. This gage belt is perforated, as shown, or constructed of other open work or foraminous material, the openings of which receive the ti s and butts of the beans, thereby enabling t 0 cutter to trim off the beans uniformly at the base of the tips and butts regardless of the length of the same.

in order to prevent the beans from being tilted or displaced in the pockets upon being engaged by the primary cutter during the trimming operator, a )air of shearing or supporting bars or blades S, S are arranged lengthwise on opposite sides of the lower portion of the primary cutter O and below the path of the left ends of the beans which rO ect beyond the corresponding depleSSCt ends of t 10 pockets. These bars are separated to form a. slot between them being held in this position by space blocks 3, s insorted between the ends thereof and secured to the adjacent part of the shaking frame by screws or otherwise, as shown in Fig. 7 As the beans are moved by the pockets past the primary cutter the left ends thereof are carried over the shearing bars S, S and sustained by the latter as the beans move underneath the primary cutter thereby causing the beans to be trimmed without displacin the same in the pockets.

As the beans approach and pass the secondary cutter the same cooperate with a gaging device similar to that which cooperates with the primary cutter. This second gagin device consists of a perforated gage be lt T arranged lengthwise and vertically along the right ends of the bean pockets and the outer side of the secondary cutter 0 from a point some distance in front of this cutter to a point a short distance in rear of the same. This gage belt is supported upon the front and rear pulleys t, t which are secured to vertical shafts t t journaled on the main frame and moves with its operative inner side in the same clirection as the bean carrier and at the same speed. Extendin forwardly from the front end of the second gage belt to a point oposite the cutting line of the primary cutter is arranged a uard plate or card it which operates to cibse the right ends of bean pockets before they reach the right gage belt. Upon tilting the bean pockets toward the right during their continued rearward movement after the left ends of the beans have been trimmed off, the right ends in sliding toward the opposite ends of the pockets first engage with the guard plate a and are revented thereby from escaping from the bean pockets. Upon clearing this guard plate the right ends of the beans engage with the operative portion of the second gage belt T and the tips and butts on that end of the beans pass through the openings in this gage belt, whereby the same are properly gaged and trimmed off the required extent upon passing underneath the second cutter O. lVhile being thus cut the right ends of the beans are supported by a pair of supporting blades or shearing bars 4:, 4; which are arranged lengthwise on opposite sides of the lower part of the second cutter and below the path of the beans and secured to the adjacent parts of the shaking frame in the same manner as the supporting or shearing bars which cooptrate with the first cutter. Any suitable means may be provided for moving the gage bolts, that shown in the drawings consisting of intermeshing spiral ear wheels '11) secured to the counter shaft, tie rear shaft 1 of the front gage belt and the front shaft t of the rear gage belt.

Although some of the beans upon being tilted together with the pocket, trough or to removing the husk and kernels support slide by their own weight downwardly in the latter toward the depressed end hereof and push their tips or stems through the perforations of the gage belts Q, '1 a considerable portion of the beans engage their tips and stems with the solid or imperforate parts of said gages and the tips and stems of such beans are therefore flexed by the weight of the beans. The reions of comparative flexibility of each been lie within its tip and stem between the edible body or main part of the bean and its extremity. When a bean is pressed lengthwise against the abutment represented by the imperforate parts of the gage Q or T the ti) or stem if present and projecting norma ly beyond the body of the bean in the direction of its length will be bent or flexed. The cutter whic is arranged a predetermined distance from such abutment therefore operates upon the bean at approximately the same relative region of the fleshy portion of the bean and severs therefrom a snip comprising the tough or fibrous tip or stem, as the case ma be, together wit 1 only so much of the e ible ortion of the bean as may be permitted by t e relative adjustment of the cutter and abutment.

By mounting the bean carrier on a shoe, support or frame which is shaken constantly the beans are maintained in a loose condition in the pockets and caused to slide freely lengthwise of the pockets upon tilting the same in either direction, thereh insuring proper engagement of the ends 0 the beans with the gage belts and are caused to project the required extent beyond the ends of the pockets to ermit trimming oil the 1)1'())01 amount ot their tips and butts.

'1 1e above described machine may be used for trimming articles or materials other than string beans. For instance, the same may be used to cut off the ends of the husks and butts of green corn pre mratory irom the cob, or the same may be used for cutting off the heads of fish in canning factories.

I claim as my invention 1- 1. A machine for trimming strin beans and other articles comprising a movable carrier, a plurality of pockets pivoted on said carrier so as to be capable of tilting transversely to the line of movement of the carrier, means for tilting the ockets, a cutter which is arranged at the epressed end of the pockets and to which tie articles are resented by said pockets, and means for imiting the movement of the articles in the pockets toward said cutter, substantially as set forth.

2. A machine for trimming string beans and other articles comprising an endless belt, a plurality of trough shaped pockets pivoted on sai belt so as to be'capable of tilting transversely to the line of movement of the belt, means for tilting the pockets, a cutter which is arran ed at the depressed ends of the pockets and to which the articles are presented by said pockets, and means for limiting the movement of the articles in the pockets toward said cutter, substantially as set forth.

3. A machine for trimming string beans and other articles comprising an endless belt, a plurality of open ended troughs shaped pockets arranged transversely and pivoted on the belt, means for tilting the pockets transversely, a cutter which 1s arranged at the depressed ends of the pockets and to which the articles are carried y said pockets and means for limiting the transverse sliding movement of the articles in said pockets, substantially as set forth.

4. A machine for trimming string beans and other articles, comprising an endless carrier, a plurality of trou 'h shaped pockets arranged transversely and pivoted on the carrier, means for tilting the pockets successively in opposite directions, cutters arranged on opposite sides of the path of said poc rets and adjacent to the depressed ends thereof and operating to successively trim off the ends of the articles projecting beyond the ends of the pockets, and means for limiting the transverse sliding movement of the articles in said pockets, substantially as set forth.

5. A machine for trimming string beans and other articles comprising an endless belt, a plurality of open ended trough shaped pockets arranged transversely and pivoted centrally on the belt, means for tiltingthe pockets first toward one side of the belt an then toward the other side of the belt a rotary cutter for severing one end of the articles arran ed adjacent to the depressed end of the poo rets when tilted in one direction, another rotary cutter for severing the other end of the articles arranged adjacent to the depressed end of the pockets when tilted in the opposite direction, and means for limiting the transverse movement of said articles in said pockets, substantially as set forth.

6. A machine for trimming string beans and other articles comprising an endless belt, a plurality of open ended trough shaped pockets arranged transversely and )ivoterl centrally on the belt, means for tiltmg the pockets successively in opposite directions consisting of cam guide ways which are engaged by the ends of the pockets, cutters which are arranged on opposite sides of the path of the pockets and to which the articles are presented by said pockets, and means for limiting the transverse movement of the articles in the pockets, substantially as set forth.

7. A machine for trimming string beans and other articles comprising anendless belt, a plurality .of trough shaped pockets arranged transverselyand pivoted .on the belt,'n'1eans fOI"t1ltlI 1g the pockets successively in opposite directions, means for limiting the transverseymoyement of} the articles, cutters arranged adjacent tothe depressed ends .of the pockets,"and means for supportingthe ends of the-article s andcoiip- 8, A machine for trimming string beans and other articles comprising an endless pivoted. centrally, onthelbelt, .meansfor] "tilting the pocketsi'successively. in oppositeshaped "pockets arranged transversely and direetions,i'circular cutters arranged adjacent j' to the" depressed ends of the pockets,..means for-supportingthe ends of the articles when operated'onf b said cutters consisting of apair of-shea'ring bar's arranged lengthwise on opposite sides ofthe cutt'er disk and below the path -ofthe articles, and means for limiting the length of the ends of the arisaaigranged adjacentto the depressed part ticles projecting beyond the ends of the pockets, substantially as set jforthb "9.;A machine for trimming string beans and ,othenarticles I comprising a carrier, "means for tilting said carrier, a cutter which of 'the carrier and to which the. articles are delivered said carrier, and; 'a gage -ar-" ranged. along the' depressed part of the car rierv'a'nd adapted to be engaged-by the ends of the articles on the carrier,- substantially as set forth; I

101 A machinefor trimming string beans and. other articles comprising a carrier,

'means'f or tilting said carrienahcutter which is arranged adjacent to the; depressed part of the earrier'and to which the articles are delivered by said carrier, and a gage con sistingtof' a belt arranged lengthwise of ,the'

depressed part off the carrier and movable -.'in the samefdirection, substant ally as set .forth.'. "i

' 11. Amachine for ftrimining stringg'beans' and: other" articles, comprrsing a .carrler,

-- .is arranged adjacent to the depressed partj I ,oftheca'rrier' and to which the articles are mean for tiltinglsaidcarrier; a cutter which ffldelivered by said carrier, and. a gage-consist of. a perforated belt arranged length wise-of the depressed part of the carrier and Y movable in thefs'aniedirection-,-v substantially :as set forth.

' "-.'12.'A machine for trimming --string beans and other articles com prislng a ear -rier, means for tiltin 'sal'd carrier, a' cutter ,whichis arranged ad acent to thedepressed part of the carrierand which the articles are delivered-by said carrier, a gage consistingioi a perforated belt arranged 'ad jacentito. the entree findlenzthwise of the carrier toward that sifdedn which the cutter is arrangefiarid means for llmit ng' .the

'saidjpockets transyersely', cutters arranged 'ityiof open endedtrough shaped pockets depressed part Qf t lie earrier, and pulleys arranged in; front and in rear of said cutter and supporting the gage belt, substantially as setrforth i 1' A. machine for trimmingstring beans w and other articles comprising a fvibrating support, 'anarticle carrier arranged on said support,'.a cutter arranged adjacent to the side of said carrierfmeansjfir tiltingsaid transverse id'ing movement of the article v "in said carrier, substantially as 'setforth.

v belt, a plurality of vopen ended trough 14.; A'mzichine for trimming string beans and other articles. comprising a vibrating support; an endless belt passing around vheels journaled on said support, a.v plural- 1ty of open ended trough-shaped pockets pie 3 oted centrally tosa'id belt, me ans' for tilting adjacent to tlie depressed endsof the peck-i ,et's,-and means for limiting the length of the ends of the articles projecting beyond the ends of the pockets, substantially as set fortlrfi 1 5. A machine for trimming string beans and other articles, comprising a Vibrating support, an endless belt passing around .wheels-journaled on saidsupport, a pluralivoted centrally to said belt, means fortilting said pockets transversely consisting'of cam rails or Ways arranged 'on said support and engaging with opposite ends of the pockets, cutters arranged adjacent to'the depressed ends of the pockets, and means for:

. limiting the length of the ends of the articles projecting beyond the ends of. the

pockets, substantially asset forth IGQA machine for-triinming string beans and other articlesxcomprising a vibrating support an endless belt @passingf around Wheels, ournaled ion said support, a plurality of open ended; trough. shaped pockets 3 pivoted centrallyto said belt, means for tilt:

mg said .poc'ket's $transver se1y consisting {015: cam rails oryvays arrangedon said support.

and engaging with opposite ends of "the pockets, cutters arrangedfadjacent to the de-' v pressed ends of said pocketsipand movable gagesflarranged along the openends ofthe pockets adjacent-toithe cutter, substantially I as setfforth'.

1 17. A .machine' fo .irim in -striiigljiian v andfiot'her articles comprising a vi'brating 12 support, an endless belt passing around wheels journaled on said s11port ,a p1u rality of open ended trough s aped pockets "pivoted centrally to said belt, means for tilt- "mg said" pockets" transversely consisting of cam rails or ways. arranged on said s'ipport .and 'eng'aging with; opposite ends of the pockets,*cutters arrangedadjacent to the depress'edends of said pockets, and' erforated gage belts arranges lengthwiseo the open 3 v s llistantialtv as set forth; 18; machine fortr nmnng'string beansends of said pockets adjacent to" said c'dtter,

other articles cbm'prising a main frame 1 a L \nbra ting support, sprlngl aconnect-iq Eng, said, vibrating su bi-t and? the mainframe, ajshaft ;jnrnal-ed 0n the-main frame; and 7 havingecccnt-rics,':st1'apssurrounding said eccentrics and connected .with the via 1 and Opera-ting on thefends of said pockets;

V the movenient'of the" articles in the-pcket' said su'ppcrt a plurality of transverse o en enderl pochets piv cpted on; said belt, means 1: or tlltih'g sa d packets alternately lh o-p'pqec slte d1rcct10-ns,"cntt-ers arran *ed' 0nop'pcsite sidesof the pathioffsaid p cc-lets adjacent to ftheiifllvdeplfessed "ends-sand gages arranged zalongthenends (ifs'aidpockets adjacent t0 Miii 'ciitters', substantially as set fort'ln t-A machine for trin iming string beans V V v ther.articles comprising. a main frame, a vihrating support,acarryingbelt lhbuhtd on said support,fa plurality 0f transverse open end'cd pockets pivoted on saida belt, cam. 1-ai.ls 0r way's'arrangcd on' 'said snpportk ifcritiltingthe same alternately in opposite directions, circular cutters mcunted "on the main frame and'arranged On oppolsite'sidcs; @fsaid baitadjacentto the-dcpressedends 0f the nccke ts, 'shearing bars arranged 011: the

i'iihrating supp'rt o'n oppo'site' -sides cf the cutters, and gage belts IDDHIltECl on the malnu frameancl 'arranged with their ,cperative' parts lengthwise of the depressed-endsof the pockets ad acent to the cutter set m1 p "20.. Aniachinc of the character described, comprising a carrier, ga pocket, tiltabl-e' on ;aid carrier, "means -f'c1' tilting-the pocket, as stor -cutting Ofl'the article in ,the pbckef; the depressed end thereof, and-iheansior 'etforth. a

- 1. A nachine for the purpose described comprising .a fiillahlc pocket, meansfOr-Itilting the pocket, and causing the article'to be trimmed tdslidetoward the clepressed end.

thereof,- a cutter arranged at the depressed end of the pocket, and means for llnnting toward said cutter; substantially a t forth] r :22. Ania 'ing the pcket in opposite dir-ectiong' cut-v ters arranged ahthedepressed ends-0f the )0c1;et, a11d means for limiting the move;

ment of; (he article's-in the pqcket "toward; said cutters. substantially as set-forth; l

1E machine 'of the character described aomprising' a tilt-able support adapted to 1'e atmeans for" ceive an article tQbQlidIHHlQ shid supptrrt for causingtheau'tlde.

. nitingihc movement of'the. articIQJinihe achet to the cutting position,' stlbsta'llt ally chine for the purpbse ,descri'l ied comprising a tilta'ble pocket, means for ma 'thereof, and a-" cutterfifbr"trimniingthe de pressed end 'svt-forth-x' J' con'lprising "a tiltabl'e means for; tilting the: pcc

the pocket, and a. propeller On whichfsaid 25. A m'achine for trimming string beans means for causing "the; snpport to incline lin iting thejlnovement cf. the articles on said support toward either end thereof,: and

articles, substantially.asset forth,

alternately. in oppositlef directions relativelyflengthiw ise sliding movement of th e' articl q Stantially as set forth. I

predetermined path; means tending to cause other ends; substantially as described 1 apparatus]comprising means to feed v said beans transversely fin 'a" predetermined path,

ni'eans ten'dn g to' cause longitudinal mo'veni'ent ofisa1 beans respectively into. position for-remqval ofon'e end of each bean, and

' means te 'iding to causesnhsequent reversev mcvement of said beans respectively I01 reunio'val (if theirother ends," substantially as vdesicr1bec1-.."'

scribed, the "combination cf a'carrier adapt-i "having an; outlet ..a t ..one cf itsends," means depressed, a cutter arranged at -the depressed. fend- 'Qfthe carrier for severing the tip of *slice thereon toward the end-pi cQnfining-thehpdyr of' said article inisaid means for, nioveinehh -v "of said article toward the depressed ,end I o f 'sa id' article, substantially -as* 24. A machinefo'r the piirposefdescribedlf pocket .01 f'cal rierg 'et and causing the xf article to. jbeitrimmed" to slide ,therein "to I ward the dcp ressedend f-the pocket means.- for limiting the Increment ofthe articlesin the-spocket'toward the" depressed and therev 013a cutter operating to trim-that end of I said article which hasbeen depressed with pocket .is molmted, substantially asset f0rth.'

and cther articles comprising 1 a support" adapted to' receivefthe article to be trimmed,-

i alternately 'lII oppos te d rcctwnsmeans fior meansfor' severing ,the depressed ends of-the 5 0 26. maclnne fo 'r' trlnimlng strm beansf and other artic cs; comprising ap urality of pockets or supportsmeans operating propel I sa d pockets and ncline the 1 same 'to' the- Vertical, nieahsffor limiting the v :in said pockets 'tofw'ard either. depressed fend} thereof, and cutters for sew er'ing-theendsiof';. the articles which have been. HEW 65, 81, s'fub-.

forltilting, said carrier. sct hat its outlet is" said article in the carriepQand meansior' 180 2-8. Apparatus for trimming 'beans,' said.- i

29."In a machine of the character deed to receive an article to be trimmed and carrier hut permittirig theescape therefrom of the severed ti 5;

30. Ina mac he of the character described, the combination of a carrier adapted'to receive an article to be trimmed and [article in said carrier but permit zind'means' for confiniflg the bee y escape therefrom of the severed Witness my hand this 14th e1 veiiiber, 1907.

, WILLIAli-B. Witnesses:

-THEO. L. POPP,

EMMA M. GRAHAM. 

